Mathematical notation: help or hindrance?Tennant, G. D. (2010) Mathematical notation: help or hindrance? Scottish Mathematical Council Journal, 40. pp. 22-25. Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. Official URL: http://scottishmathematicalcouncil.org/index.php?o... Abstract/SummaryIn this article Geoff Tennant puts forward a range of reasons for using mathematical notation, emphasising the need to allow children learning it time and space to come to terms with it. Examples are given in furthering the argument that the time to introduce notation is after the concept is already fully understood.
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